Edit: this was not in a hospital it was quest diagnostic a walk in clinic that does blood draws and that’s it.

I am at my 1 hour glucose testing. I had to do my testing in the morning as my doctor requested so I had to bring my 5 and 3 year old with me since I had no one else to watch them. I let them bring toys hoping they would just sit and behave (HA), no one else was in the building with me so when they started playing I didn’t think noise was an issue. After they got to loud I told them to be quiet and sit because people started coming but they wouldn’t listen, I grabbed them and sat them down, then a few minutes later they jump back up and my daughter starts laughing really loud.

I started getting frustrated and I was about to leave but was told I couldn’t so I corrected them and made them sit next to me but of course they didn’t listen. After about 2 minutes of my daughter laughing hella loud and me telling her to be quiet one of the workers came out and said “shhh there are sick people in here”, no one was here they just said that so they would stop. They both got quiet and sat down, I thought “thank goodness” I should be able to handle them myself but after correcting them and not being able to leave I started getting frustrated and wanted to cry (I have antepartum depression so I cry easily). Part of me is upset because I should be able to handle my own kids but part of me is happy she said something because I was on the verge of crying.